He was born in Pulau Pinang on 22 January 1965. Razak obtained his Master of Art in Film and Television Fiction from
Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom in the year 1997. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in journalism, Razak started as a script writer before moving on to directing. He debuted as a director with the film
Gemerlapan in the same year
. He became a lecturer in
Universiti Teknologi MARA since 1991, eventually serving as the Dean of Faculty of Film, Theatre & Animation there. He is also one of the lecturers involved in the setting up of its Faculty of Performing Arts in 1998. In October 2016, he obtained his PhD in management from the
University Utara Malaysia. He is married to Nazeera Ahmed Bazari and has two children. == Honours ==